Followers (2000 film)

Followers
Directed byJonathan M. Flicker
Produced byJonathan M. Flicker
StarringSam Trammell
Eddie Robinson
Mark Dobies
Jessica Prunell
CinematographyWilliam M. Miller
Edited byJonathan M. Flicker
Music byJoe Kurasz
Distributed byCastle Hill Productions
Release date
  • October 13, 2000 (2000-10-13)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4,841[2]

Followers is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Jonathan M. Flicker.[3] It was produced by Castle Hill Productions.[4] The plot focuses on three college students who attempt to join a fraternity but soon find the fraternity president to be extremely racist.[5] Flicker said he based Followers on news reports of a racial hazing incident at Rider University in 1993.[6][7]

Followers was filmed over 24 days in March 1996.[6] The film was given a limited release on October 13, 2000.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference VanGelder was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Followers (2000) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Followers (2000)". Media Review Digest. 31. Pierian Press: 131. 2001.
  4. ^ "Followers (2000)". Metacritic. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  5. ^ McCluskey, Audrey T. (2007). Frame by Frame III. Indiana University Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-253-34829-6.
  6. ^ a b "Production Update: Spring 1997". Filmmaker. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  7. ^ "New Jersey College Fraternity Disciplined in Racist Hazing". Los Angeles Times. January 24, 1993. Retrieved 29 March 2023.